Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States. But the movement has been getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community.
The City Council on Thursday, Feb. 16 voted to pass Councilwoman Linda Lee’s resolution to call upon the NYC Department of Education to establish Diwali as an official holiday for public school students.
As we were preparing for our latest Times Opinion focus group — a discussion with 12 Americans of Asian descent and varied backgrounds — we decided to begin the conversation by getting a bit personal. We asked our participants questions about identity: how they see themselves and how they think other Americans see Asian Americans. … Read more
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, eighty-one years ago today, it ushered in one of the most shameful periods in American history. The wrongful incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent tore families apart. Men, women, and children were forced to abandon their homes, their jobs, their communities, their businesses, and their … Read more
Ahead of the 81st anniversary, New Yorkers on Saturday observed a day of remembrance for the thousands of Japanese Americans who were forcibly incarcerated during World War II.
The fallout from the spy balloon from the People’s Republic of China shot down after it floated over the U.S. has ratcheted up tension between the two superpowers to an unbearable point. Chinese-Americans, who number more than five million, face the worst dilemma as China and the United States enter this new phase of competition … Read more